Opportunities

Opportunities

Call for Concept Notes: AGRA-ACELI Africa Innovation Challenge

Deadline: 7th May 2021 AGRA is seeking concept notes from credible organizations that offer sustainable, scalable, and innovative solutions that improve the reliability and provide assurance on the financial statements of Agricultural SMEs. These solutions might include financial management and record keeping tools, audit solutions, alternative financial reporting systems, digital record keeping, etc. More reliable financial statements increase the chance of Agri SMEs to access funding and investment opportunities. Do you have a solution to these questions? What innovative solutions can support SMEs to...

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Call for Proposals: Impact and Innovation in Commodity Value Chains

Deadline: 15th April, 2021 The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) is seeking applications for project financing from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), producer organizations, government agencies, cooperatives and enterprises to increase sustainable productive capacity and incomes of farmers/traders in the commodity dependent developing countries. The CFC provides a range of financial instruments mainly loans for equipment, working capital , or trade finance to introduce new innovations and practices in the value chain. Do you have a proposal with innovative solutions for the commodity...

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Call for Innovators-International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Are you an innovator or a food company that develops digital/technology-based solutions for the food industry to trace food products, monitor processes, and improve data analysis in farming, logistics, manufacturing and processing, retail, or hotels and restaurants? The international Finance Corporation is looking for you. Submit your ideas today at https://lnkd.in/db6YUcz. Deadline: 23 April 2021 ...

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Apply for Agriculture Funding from USADF

DEADLINE: 17th May 2021 The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) is currently receiving applications from registered African agricultural cooperatives, producer groups, processors and enterprises for grant financing. USADF is accepting applications from the following value chains in different countries: Benin: banana, cashew, maize, rice, shea, soy Burkina Faso: cashew, honey/beeswax, maize, onions, rice, shea butter, tomatoes Burundi: coffee, palm oil, potato, rice Côte d’Ivoire: cashew, cassava, cocoa, rice Democratic Republic of the Congo: cocoa, coffee, fishing, job training/youth employment, livestock, renewable energy, rice Guinea: fish farming, off-grid energy, palm oil, shea Kenya: fishing, livestock,...

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VACANCY: Team Leader AgriFI Challenge Fund

Self Help Africa is currently managing the AgriFI Challenge Fund on behalf of the EU. This is an €18M fund to support agricultural businesses to increase their sourcing capacity through working with smallholder farmers. The organization is looking for a dynamic proactive and result oriented individual to head the AgriFI- Value Chain Implementation Team and provide strategic leadership technical oversight and direct management of the programme – in particular the EUR 18M challenge fund. Essential1. In depth knowledge of agricultural finance, banking...

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